Author
Listed:
- Weronika E. Borek
(Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
- Lynda M. Groocock
(Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Present address: The Scripps Research Institute, North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA;)
- Itaru Samejima
(Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
- Juan Zou
(Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
- Flavia de Lima Alves
(Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Present address: Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1)
- Juri Rappsilber
(Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin)
- Kenneth E. Sawin
(Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
Abstract
Microtubule nucleation is highly regulated during the eukaryotic cell cycle, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. During mitosis in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, cytoplasmic microtubule nucleation ceases simultaneously with intranuclear mitotic spindle assembly. Cytoplasmic nucleation depends on the Mto1/2 complex, which binds and activates the γ-tubulin complex and also recruits the γ-tubulin complex to both centrosomal (spindle pole body) and non-centrosomal sites. Here we show that the Mto1/2 complex disassembles during mitosis, coincident with hyperphosphorylation of Mto2 protein. By mapping and mutating multiple Mto2 phosphorylation sites, we generate mto2-phosphomutant strains with enhanced Mto1/2 complex stability, interaction with the γ-tubulin complex and microtubule nucleation activity. A mutant with 24 phosphorylation sites mutated to alanine, mto2[24A], retains interphase-like behaviour even in mitotic cells. This provides a molecular-level understanding of how phosphorylation ‘switches off’ microtubule nucleation complexes during the cell cycle and, more broadly, illuminates mechanisms regulating non-centrosomal microtubule nucleation.
Suggested Citation
Weronika E. Borek & Lynda M. Groocock & Itaru Samejima & Juan Zou & Flavia de Lima Alves & Juri Rappsilber & Kenneth E. Sawin, 2015.
"Mto2 multisite phosphorylation inactivates non-spindle microtubule nucleation complexes during mitosis,"
Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-16, November.
Handle:
RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms8929
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8929
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